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UNITED STATES ATnNT EARL M. ZEEK, OF MARION, INDIANA.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 709,130, dated September 16., 1902.

Application filed January 29, 1902. Serial No. 91,798. (No model.)

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Be itknown that I, EARL M. ZEEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marion, in the county of Grant, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to penholders; and it has for its object to provide a construction consisting of but three paris, so constructed and arranged as to reduce the cost of manufacture to a minimum, and which may be operated to discharge a pen'therefrom without requiring the pen to be grasped.

A furtherxobject of the invention is to pro` vide a construction wherein the pen will not be liable to accidental discharge from the holder.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a side elevation showing the complete penholder with a pen in place therein. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal view of the handle portion Yof the penholder. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form. Fig. a is an end view of a modification.

Referring now to the drawings, the present penholder consists of the handle portion, including the front cylindrical part pand the rear tapered part 6. In the part 5 of the handle is formed a recess 7, extending longitudinally thereof and passing through the front end of the handle, and in the bottom of the recess is formed a slot 8, which extends entirely through the handle from one face to the other, the rear end of the slot having a laterally-odset portion 9.

Slidably disposed upon the portion 5 of the handle of the holder is a sleeve 9', of suitable metal and which its said portion snugly, the depth of the recess 7 being such that a pen may be crowded with its rear end into the recess, so that its edges will rest against the bottom of the recess and the uppermost portion of its position for use.

curvature will contact with the inner surface of the sleeve. The pen will be thus held sccnrely from dropping from the holder.

Through the slot S is passed a pin l0, the ends of which are engaged with perfor-ations l1 in the sleeve and are upset or riveted to prevent withdrawal.

In the operation of this penholder the sleeve is moved rearwardly until the pin engages the rear end of the slot 8, after which the sleeve is rotated to engage the pin with the laterally-offset portion of the slot to prevent forward movement of the sleeve. The penis passed with its rear end into the recess until it engages the pin, when it is in In this position of the pen the tapered rear end of the stem of the pen projects with its central portion slightly beyond the front face of the pin, and thus the pin is prevented from accidental lateral movement and is held weakly from entering the main or longitudinally-extending portion of the slot. When the pen is to be discharged, the sleeve is rotated forcibly upon the handle until the pin is brought into the longitudinal portion of the slot, and the sleeve is then moved longitudinally of the handle, so that the pin is pressed against the rear end of the stem of the pen and the latter is forced from the holder.

If desired, the material of the handle may be slotted at the sides of the recess, as shown in Fig. 3, so that a yieldable tongue is formed, so that pens of various thicknesses may be engaged with the holder, it being understood, asshown, that the portion 5 of the handle is hollow.

In practice other modifications of the invention may be made and any suitable materials and proportions may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is- A penholder comprising a handle having one end hollow, the hollow end portion of the handle having a longitudinally-extending recess opening through the end of the holder, and having a slot formed through the bottom of the recess and having its rear end directed I of the side walls of the latter and entering the ro laterally, a sleeve slidably and rotatably hollow of the handle.

mounted upon the hollow end portion of the In testimony whereof I affix my signature handle and covering the recess, a pin enin presence of two Witnesses.

gaged with the sleeve and passed through the r slot and movable therethrough as the sleeve EARL M' EEK' is moved longitudinally and rotated, said Vitnesses:

sleeve having also longitudinal cuts formed J. H. KIRK,

through the bottom of the recess in the planes l H. C. WEBER. 

